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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Veronica Howe teaches her 6th grade class at St. David middle school, a rural affected by a lack of teachers. Photo by Clara Lovell/Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona rural schools struggle with teacher recruitment

Clara Lovell October 19, 2018

A continuous lack of qualified teachers has forced several Cochise County school districts to become creative when recruiting teachers, relying heavily on a “grow-your-own” strategy. “There...

Michelle Higgins, 51, working in her office on Wednesday, September 13, 2017. Photo by: Deborah Lee/Arizona Sonora News

Women’s pay shortchanged

Deborah Lee September 27, 2017

Eighteen cents. That is the difference between a woman and a man working in Arizona. According to data by the Institute of Women’s Policy Research’s (IWPR) project Status of Women in the States,...

La educación en ciencias, tecnología, ingeniería, y matemáticas (STEM) promete oportunidades laborales

La educación en ciencias, tecnología, ingeniería, y matemáticas (STEM) promete oportunidades laborales

Valeria Flores April 7, 2016

En el estado de Arizona, las oportunidades laborales en los campos de ciencias, tecnología, ingeniería y matemáticas (STEM, por sus siglas en inglés) son el doble de la cantidad de trabajadores calificados...

Estudiantes de Arizona enfrentan problemas con los estándares nacionales de matemáticas

Alicia Vega October 20, 2015

Los estudiantes de la preparatoria Tombstone obtienen un puntaje más elevado en las pruebas estandarizadas de matemáticas a comparación con la mayoría del resto de los estudiantes arizonenses.Eso no...

Arizona students have problems with national math standards

Arizona students have problems with national math standards

Lexus Scott October 8, 2015

Tombstone High School students score higher at standardized math testing than most Arizona students.That is not necessarily good news. All Arizona students score below the national norm.A year ago the...

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